Posted on 10/26/2008 4:33:44 PM PDT by RubyR
US Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s stepmother is in the country as the family flocks back to Kenya to celebrate his imminent election victory, The Standard can report.
Mrs Keziah Grace Obama, the first wife of Obama senior, arrived in the country on Saturday night aboard Kenya Airways Flight 103 from London.
She will be in the country for three weeks before returning to her base in Bracknell, Buckshire County in the UK.
Although she did not accept a formal interview, Mrs Obama, who is in her early 60s, chatted freely.
colour of change
She was in a wheelchair, as she has recently undergone hip replacement surgery. She had a badge with Senator Obama’s portrait pinned to her lapel and wore an orange dress and headscarf. A Kenya Airways attendant wheeled her through the airport.
Asked in dholuo why she was in orange colours, she laughed and said, "Wuoda (my son), you know orange is the colour of change in Kenya. We want change we can believe."
Interestingly, in his book, Dreams From My Father, Senator Obama recalls how, together with his stepsister Auma Obama, he drove to Kariokor flats one night, which he says is a sprawling apartment complex surrounded by dirt lots.
Her brother Walter Nyandega, son Benard, nephew Sashule and niece Olga Nyandega met Mrs Obama at the airport.
She said she wants to see her stepson win the US presidential election.
"I decided to come back home and watch it with our mother in Kogelo. It’s a moment we are all looking forward to," she said, adding that all the Obamas across the world would converge at Kogelo on November 4, the day America votes in its next leader.
Mrs Obama revealed how, since the Senator’s star started rising, she has been unable to leave her home in the UK.
"Paparazzi are all over my place. They have been camping at my doors for a while. Some of them followed me to the airport yesterday (Saturday)," she said.
To cement Kenyans’ support for Obama, Prime Minister Raila Odinga made a surprise visit to Sarah Obama’s home at Kogelo village, Siaya District. She is Obam’s stepgrandmother.
Raila briefly spoke to both local and international journalists stationed outside the home, before holding a closed-door meeting with close family members, which lasted for about 20 minutes.
Dressed in a yellow dress with black spots, Sarah, 86, said: "I am happy that the Prime Minster has visited us today, and I am praying that my grandson wins."
Raila said Kenya stands to gain if Obama wins the election.
He said an Obama presidency would see Kenya, and Africa as a whole, get more attention in terms of trade from the superpower.
The Illinois Senator has maintained a significant lead over his Republican competitor John McCain.
A daily opinion poll, Gallup Daily, shows Obama leading McCain 51 per cent to 44 per cent.
I guess they voted already.
Nothing angers voters more than counting your chickens before they are hatched!
Ah yes, Obama’s good friend and cousin, Odinga.
How come this hasn’t been much of an issue?
Any mention at all by the MSM or the idiot news channels like Fox and CNN?
George will be buying the beer. Thanks to conservative talk radio, he’s loaded.
Who wouldn't love to get his whitey granny to chat freely. Oh, never mind, he's just come back from making sure that will never happen.
yes - did they vote in Chicago or Ohio? inquiring minds want to know........
Bree Keyton, a young female evangelist, traveled to Obama's home village and what she found out about his relations with his tribal village is chilling.
She said that when Obama visited his village in 06' and in Jan. 08', visited each elder and worshiped at the home shrine of each where the practice is to use voodoo to conjure up a goddess spirit or genie. Weird.
She has stated that there is a large anti-Christian group ( SHE CALLS THEM SATANISTS AND WITCHES WHO PRACTICE WITCHCRAFT) that meet at 3:00 A.M. in the morning to send curses and vile images to McCain and Palin.
I do believe in good and evil, and I DO BELIEVE in the POWER OF PRAYER. Therefore, when I read the article about this going on, I felt a chill go up my spine.
3:00 A.M. in the morning (tomorrow) in Kenya is 8:00P.M. here in Indy (tonight).
Anyone who wants to join with me in praying to our Father to intercede and cast out all evil, Satanic, vile curses against McCain and Palin please stand with me tonight and every night until the election.
"Mrs Obama revealed how, since the Senator’s star started rising, she has been unable to leave her home in the UK."
Hmmmmm....
" Mrs Obama revealed how, since the Senator’s RED STAR started rising, she has been unable to leave her home in the UK."
Fixed it.
ping for future study
Wow, so everyone in Kenya is voting for us to “change” — why? I really don’t get anything about this election. Maybe it’s because we’re just the global village now?
Both .. Acorn signed them up .
Wow - I googled Kenya and voodoo - amazing what I found out. So much for Islam in Kenya. It’s a joke.
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